Utah Code 68-4-8. Duties of a commissioner
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(1) A commissioner shall:
Terms Used In Utah Code 68-4-8
- Devise: To gift property by will.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(1)(a) participate in the Uniform Law Commission on behalf of the state, including attending the annual meeting of the Uniform Law Commission;
(1)(b) examine the subjects upon which uniformity of legislation in the various states of the union is desirable but that are outside the jurisdiction of the Congress of the United States;
(1)(c) confer upon these matters with the commissioners appointed by other states for the same purpose;
(1)(d) at the direction of the Uniform Law Commission, serve on national committees that develop and draft uniform and model laws; and
(1)(e) devise and recommend other means to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
(2) A commissioner may request that a legislator consider sponsoring, as an interim study item or as a bill or resolution for introduction, any uniform legislation that a commissioner determines would be in the best interests of the state to adopt.